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A day after Chennai techie's death, the Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu govt to pay interim compensation of Rs 5 lakh to her family. The court ordered govt to recover the compensation amount from the officials who allowed the illegal banners.
The 23-year-old software engineer Subashree died after an illegal banner fell on her following which was hit by a lorry on Thursday.

There are a lot of twists in store for the viewers in the upcoming episodes of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. Kartik will get caught after he will lie to Vedika to meet Naira in a cafe. Later, Akhilesh's affair with Lisa will be unearthed by Kartik and Naira. Watch the video to know what's more in store.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday questioned Stalin over the investments DMK brought in during their regime.
The Tamil Nadu CM said that between 2006-2011 DMK rule, only 26,000 crore industrial investments came to Tamil Nadu. But at the same time in 2015, global investors meet attracted about 2.42 lakh crore investments. Of this, 53,000 crore investments have materialised, 29 industries have set shop and 67 more to come in.
The remark came after DMK chief MK Stalin asked the CM to show the white paper agreement of all the investments roped in on his three-nation tour.

Residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir reportedly protested in many areas of PoK against Pakistan army. Various residents reportedly staged a protest against the brutality and illegal occupation of the Pakistani army.
This comes after the National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval clamied over 200 terrorists were trying to cross into the Kashmir Valley from Pakistan in order to stoke violence in the new Union Territory.

PM Narendra Modi addressed the 14th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD on Monday and stressed on climate change and other environmental issues. PM Modi also announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares by 2030.
The UN meet is aimed to identify mutually viable solutions to the growing challenges of desertification, land degradation, and drought. As many as 196 countries are participating in the conference.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Saturday said that he is "totally convinced" that a majority of Kashmiris support the abrogation of Article 370, and assured them that restrictions in Kashmir are aimed at preventing Pakistan from creating more mischief through their proxies and militants.

Former Karnataka chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah was caught slapping a man, reportedly a party worker, outside the Mysuru airport on Wednesday. The Congress worker, who was seen standing next to Siddaramaiah while he was addressing the media, was apparently trying to make the Congress leader talk on the phone.
The man, said to be an aide of the ex-CM, was apparently trying to push a phone to Siddaramaiah's ear, asking him to talk to some official to give him a recommendation. In a video doing the rounds on social media, a visibly irritated Siddaramaiah listens to the man for a brief while and slaps him in the face.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Russia for the 5th Eastern Economic Forum, will be holding bilateral talks with Russian President Vladamir Putin today. Narendra Modi landed in Russia in wee hours of Wednesday.
The meeting between the two world leaders comes soon after India abrogated Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and Russia supported its move and said that Kashmir is an internal matter of India.

The meeting between Kulbhushan Jadhav and India's Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia has begun at a sub-jail after Pakistan formally granted consular access to India. The meeting is supposed to last for 2 hours.
Pakistan on Sunday offered India consular access to Jadhav which India accepted on several conditions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump shared a light moment when they met on the sidelines of G7 summit in France on Monday.
Both the leaders discussed on a wide range of issues including Kashmir and even answered queries as they both addressed the media. However, they also shared a light moment during the meet when Donald Trump praised PM Modi and said: "He (PM Modi) actually speaks very good English but he doesn't want to."

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released a second set of images taken by Chandrayaan-2 which is currently orbiting the Moon on Monday.
Chandrayaan-2 has captured images showing several impact craters on Moon. Chandrayaan-2 has also mapped the Moon's northern areas and has captured photos of the Jackson Crater, Mitra Crater and Rozhdestvenskiy Crater, among others.

With President Donald Trump by his side, Narendra Modi on Monday categorically rejected any scope for third party mediation on Kashmir, saying it was a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan, and "we don't want to bother any third country" -- a position that was immediately backed by the American leader who had recently offered to mediate.
In an apparent backtracking from his earlier comments, Trump said he feels that both India and Pakistan can resolve the Kashmir problem on their own. The two leaders appeared together to speak to the media after overnight talks on the sidelines of the G-7 summit and ahead of their formal meeting.

With Pakistan failing to get traction for its belligerent stand on Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that he will raise the issue at every international forum, including at the UN General Assembly.
Pakistan Prime Minister Khan, in his address to Pakistan on Kashmir issuue, once again threatened nuclear threat with India. Imran Khan's address to the nation came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France on Monday, categorically rejected any scope for third party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir.